JULY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2003

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 15 of “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the

Seddon Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Seddon. Acceptance to date from 24th June, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 39, (3), of “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the disbandment of the

Ashhurst Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Ashhurst. Disbandment to date from 13th June, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel BERNARD CHARLES BEALE,
New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps,

he having a total commissioned service to 7th May, 1905, entitling him thereto of forty-one years and forty-one days.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Cancellation of Appointments of Trustees, Waimate Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” the appointments of Trustees to the Waimate Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve, published in the New Zealand Gazette of 29th September, 1898, 28th April, 1904, and 8th December, 1904, as from 24th June, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Additional Trustee, Marton Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” and “The Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1906,” of the appointment of

Surgeon-General SYDNEY SKERMAN, V.D., New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps,

as an additional Trustee of the Marton Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve. Appointment to date from 18th June, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Council of the Borough of Napier.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 29th June, 1907.

THE following special order, made by the Napier Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

NAPIER BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Special Order.

Moved by Councillor Paul, seconded by Councillor Constable, and carried,—

That the following resolution making a special rate of 6d. in the pound for the widening of Dickens Street be passed by special order of this Council :—

In the matter of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and the amendments thereof, and of paragraph (4) of section 14 of the said Act; and in the matter of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and the amendments thereof; and in the matter of the Dickens Street (Napier) special loan.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and the amendments thereof, “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and the amendments thereof, and of all other powers it in anywise thereunto enabling, the Napier Borough Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £2,000, authorised to be raised by the Napier Borough Council, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and the amendments thereof, for the purpose of widening Dickens Street, in the Borough of Napier, and for such purpose acquiring and paying compensation for the land required to enable the said street to be widened by 16½ ft. along the southern side thereof from Hastings Street to Munro Street; moving back buildings and fences; forming, channelling, kerbing, and making the street so widened; and doing all matters and things necessary or incidental to the matters aforesaid, the said Napier Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 6d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property in that part of the Borough of Napier being a defined area in and forming part of the said borough contained within continuous boundaries and comprising the Town Sections Nos. 236 to 270 both inclusive, and 272 to 275 both inclusive, on the plan of the Town of Napier (to be hereafter known as the Dickens Street Special-loan District); and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty years, or until the loan is paid off.

Passed at a special meeting of the Council held on Wednesday, the 3rd day of April, 1907, by special order.

J. VIGOR BROWN,
Mayor.

Confirmation of above.

Moved by Councillor Eagleton, seconded by Councillor McGrath, and carried,—

That the special order of the Council making a special rate of 6d. in the pound for the widening of Dickens Street, passed by the Council at a special meeting on Wednesday, the 3rd day of April last, be now confirmed.

J. VIGOR BROWN,
Mayor.

Confirmed at a special meeting of the Council held on Wednesday, the 15th day of May, 1907.

M. N. BOWER,
Town Clerk.

I, Maurice Norman Bower, Town Clerk of the Borough of Napier, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a special order passed by the Napier Borough Council.

As witness my hand and the seal of the Borough of Napier, this 13th day of June, 1907.

(seal.)

M. N. BOWER,
Town Clerk.

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Horowhenua.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1907.

THE following special order, made by the Horowhenua County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Shannon Special District Loan, £750.—Special Order.—Adoption.—Special Meeting, 11th May, 1907.

THAT, in pursuance of and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf, and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and the several amendments thereof, the Horowhenua